Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-18

Deavitt, inspector, and Col. j. H. Lucia,
had an interview Mt Montpelier with II. p.
Eitthorp, respecting. his pension claim,
| which has been disallOwed. NJ j.
Graves of Montpelier was in town We'd
nesday, and looking well. He may go into
business in this city.
Swanton.
DR.. o. a. Gee will soon commence the
practice Of medicine at Brandon . Clark
;. Jennison, who was stricken with pa
ralysis February 22d, died Sunday morn
ing. The funeral was held Tuesday at
his late residence, at 23O, p. IN.
Tunbridge.
Orrn Gay, the junior member of the
cloth manufacturing frm of Cav Bros.
died at his residence in this place Monday
of typhoid pneumonia He was an up
right man and greatly esteemed. He was
born in Putnam. Conn, August I, 1916.
Isle La Motto.
J. A. and J. p. Hall are loading car
with potatoes for the Boston market.....
Mr.. and Mrs. X. X. Hathaway of North
Hero and Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Pike of
Mrs. Josie Lewis and Miss Hattie Rock
well of Alburgh are visiting at Mr.. VI. b.
Rockwell 's.....Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Witherell of West Chazy We're in town
last week ......James Duba had a shoul-
der dislocated Il few days ago while work
the misfortune to have one of his horses
break its leg so badly that he was obliged
to kill 1t was "a little girl boarder
that came to James Duba's March 6.
New Haven.
Mr.. g. w. Barton and G.. II. Wicker
have let their farms for the coming year,
the latter TO John Welcome ...It is va
cation now at the academy The spring
term opens the 22nd ....... Hon. Robert B.
lIanRdon of Minneapolis, Mimi, made a
flying visit to this, his native town,
remaining here over Sunday. Mrs.
Langdon and their daughter were in Phil
adelphia and were to meet Mr.. Langdon
i'll New ork Tuesday evening. They were
en- route home from brief trip to Wash
ington, Old Point Comfort and other
places of interest...... The funeral of Mr..
Alva Hathoru was attended last Sunday,
Rev. Mr.. Stebbins officiating. Mr.. Ha-
thorn was about 80 years of age and had
been a member of the church tor 65 years,
enjoying the full respect of his townsmen
.......It is announced that a DR.. Bogue
has engaged rooms in town preparatory
to taking up the practice of DR.. Preston,
who is moving to Brandon.
Montpelier.
Mary, mother of John l.. Tutte died
Monday night, aged Sl....The Young
Mems Catholic union is celebrated St.
Patrick's day with q drama "Shandy
Mcguire" and lecture by Prof T. c.
|
Thursday evening. ...".The liquor raids
IN Montpelier are likely to to prevent the
democratic collector of internal revenue
from making as good a showing at his
next annual report as he did last year.
| Rum forms one of the bulwarks of
cem ocracy as usual. The denzens of
| Union and Rialto blocks We're thoroughly
terrified Sunday night by "A terrific eXplo-
sion about 9:3O p. m, in the rear of ID. +.
lang's book store. Visions of safe blow
] Il l.afg
those who heard the noise and it required
good deal of nerve backed by a police
man s club to induce them to investigate.
Alter all the search not thing wrong
could be heard and it has been finally de-
elded that the town was trying to grow
laterally and cracked the earth.
From Other Parts of the State.
On Thursday next 100 shares of the Ma
tional bank of Rutland will be sold at pub
lie auction.
statue of Father Boylan of Rutland,
seven feet high and standing on II foot
pedestal will probably be placed over his
grave. Charles jarrett is the sculptor.
The Vermont Novelty Works company
at Springfield, has just sent out its annual
carriage catalogue.
Drake Smith at Bethel, shipped
over 100000 mailing boxes last year to
New York firm. They also made some
45O, 900 sections of bee-keepeis supplies.
At Tunbridge Martin Noyes proposes to
engage in the manufacture of carriages at
the north village.
The weight of the snow on the roof
crushed in the east part OF the large store
house of the Fall Mountain Paper com
pany at Bellows Falls the other morn
ing.
The profit on liquor sold the past year
at Newbury was SlO5.3S The cost of
each town pauper was 81 "a per week.
and the town Is in debt for about $1,000.
For five years, prior to 1856, the town of
Eden had the town system OF schools, but
owing to inclement weather it was voted
down one year ago. AT tho last annual
meeting the town again adopted the sys-
TEN by small majority.
BrattlebOro's first msrket day was sue
cessfully inaugurated Monday. A large
number OF farmers and others got into
town with their products in spite of the
snow. All the commodities that were
brought III that were not needed for home
consumption were shipped TO Boston Tor
market
Anthony Mccormick and George w.
Goodell of st. Johnsbury, who recently
drew $1,000 each in the Louisiana lottery,
got their checks last Thursday,
The North Pownal hotel is closed and
the place is now without public house.
The snow is from 10 to 10 feet deep in
'front.' or houses In w oOdstOCk.
There are now "a paupers on the Rut-
land town farm of which 20 belong in Rut-
land.
1t is feared that Patrick Waters. who
was injured by the blast at a Rutland
quarry Oh Saturday, will lose one or both
OF his eyes.
S. l.. Griffith and Griffith & Mcintyre
have had 100 horse teams and 20 yoke OF
oxen at work this winter drawing lumber
off hn t,.it 1ANr l,ao
at their works at Dandy to be shipped
away.
The Rutland Free Library will realize
about $50 from the lecture gwen at BaX-
ter hall Monday evening, 10y Rev l.. q
Ware.
The adjourned town meeting in West
Charleston the Sth resulted in vote to
return to the district system of schools by
large majority.